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Sliding Mode Control of Induction Motor using Simulation

Approach
R.SaravanaKumar

K.Vinoth Kumar

Dr. K.K.Ray

VIT University,vellore,INDIA, Karunya University, Coimbatore, INDIA, VIT University,vellore,INDIA

Summary
The main objectives of this paper is aimed to control the position
of a field oriented Induction Servo motor drive for a given
reference input signal in a very efficient way and to compare the
two control schemes using Matlab/Simulink. To design a total
sliding-mode control system which is insensitive to uncertainties,
including parameter variations and external disturbances in the
whole control process. To design an adaptive sliding-mode
control system which adjusts the bound of uncertainities in real
time and also reduces the chattering phenomena in the control
effort using a simple adaptive algorithm? The simulation result
of the control schemes for a given Induction Motor is discussed
below.
Key words:
Field oriented induction servo motor, sliding mode control
system, adaptive sliding mode control system.

1. Introduction

1.2 Proportional Integral Derivative Controller (PID

Controller)
A proportional-integral-derivative controller (PID
controller) is shown in figure 1, it is a common feedback
loop component in industrial control systems. The
controller takes a measured value from a process or other
apparatus and compares it with a reference set point value.
The difference (or "error" signal) is then used to adjust
some input to the process in order to bring the process'
measured value to its desired set point. Unlike simpler
controllers, the PID can adjust process outputs based on
the history and rate of change of the error signal, which
gives more accurate and stable control. In contrast to more
complex algorithms such as optimal control theory, PID
controllers can often be adjusted without advanced
mathematics. However, pushing robustness and
performance to the limits requires a good understanding of
the theory and controlled process.

1.1 Induction motor

With the well known merits of reliability, simple
construction and low weight, Induction Motors have been
gradually utilized in place of DC Motors which suffer
from the draw backs of spark, corrosion and necessity of
maintenance. Induction Motor due to their ruggedness,
ease of maintenance and low cost are widely used in
domestic applications and industrial sectors with wide
range in rating from a few hundred watts to few mega
watts. The torque control in an Induction Motor is a basic
problem due to its non linear characteristics. In order to
achieve both high dynamic performance and high power
efficiency, squared rotor flux has to be precisely
controlled with the motor speed and torque because the
power efficiency in Induction Motors in steady state
operation is related to the squared rotor flux. Due to the
advances in power electronics and microprocessors,
Induction Motor drives used in variable speed and position
control have become more attractive in industrial
processes such as robot manipulates, factory automations
and transportation applications.

Manuscript received October 5, 2009

Manuscript revised October 20, 2009

Fig. 1. Block diagram of PID Controller

1.3 Feedback Linearization

In the case of linearization methods some plants,
especially
robots, have provided very interesting
applications, but unfortunately the same is not true for
most commonly encountered nonlinear plants which
usually do not fulfil the conditions for linearisability and
are further more so complex that the corresponding
nonlinear controller would never be implementable. Using
feedback linearization, moreover, introduces an
intermediate step into the design of the control system:
The plant is first linearized and then a linear controller is
added to the feedback linearized system to achieve the
desired control goals. It is evident that this two-step

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approach may have a price in terms of optimality if

compared, e.g., with the approximate solution of the
corresponding Hamilton-Jacobin-Bellman equation for the
original nonlinear system, even if the linear controller is
optimal for the feedback linearized system.

1.4.1 Control Principle of Sliding Mode Control

1.3.1Control of Induction Motor by Feedback

Linearization
The control of Induction Motor constitutes a theoretically
challenging problem since its dynamical system is
nonlinear, the electric rotor variables are not measurable,
and the physical parameters are most often imprecisely
known. The control of the induction motor has attracted
much attention in the last decade. One of the most
significant developments in this area has been the field
oriented control. Partial feedback linearization together
with a proportional-integral (PI) controller is used to
regulate the motor states. This technique is very useful
except that it is very sensitive to parameter variation. To
improve the field-oriented control, full linearizing state
feedback control, based on differential geometric theory
has been proposed. These methods require relatively
complicated and nonlinear calculation in the control
algorithm. To entirely linearize and to decouple the
Induction Motor, nonlinear control techniques can be used.

Fig 2. Block diagram of Sliding mode control for Second order system.

Consider a simple second order under damped linear

system with variable plant gain K. It can be easily be seen
that the system is unstable in either negative or positive
feedback mode. However, by switching back and forth
between the negative and positive feedback modes, the
system cannot only be made stable, but its response can be
made independent to plant parameter K. The block
diagram of sliding mode control of second order system is
shown in figure 2. The Phase plane trajectory for negative
feedback and positive feedback is shown in figure 3.

1.3.2 Drawbacks of Feedback Linearization

Although the theory of feedback linearization is well
known, its application to the control of Induction Motors
raises a number of specific implementation problems
which have to be solved.
An observer to be used since a part of the state, the
rotor flux, is not measurable in industrial applications.
The nonlinear controller is developed in continuous
time. It is implemented in discrete time, and the delay
introduced has to be taken into account.
The power inverter must be protected by limiting the
stator current. This is taken into account in the
development of control algorithm.

Fig. 3. Phase plane trajectories for negative feedback

And positive feedback

1.4 Need for Sliding Mode Control Scheme

Computed torque or inverse dynamics technique is a
special application of feedback linearization of nonlinear
systems. The computed torque controller is utilized to
linearize the nonlinear equation of robot motion by
cancellation of some, or all, nonlinear terms. Then, a linear
feedback controller is designed to achieve the desired
closed-loop performance. Consequently, large control
gains are often required to achieve robustness and ensure
local stability. Thus, it is natural to explore other nonlinear
controls that can circumvent the problem of uncertainties
in the computed torque approach and to achieve better
compensation and global stability.

Fig.4. Sliding mode control in phase plane

1.4.2 Sliding Mode Control

Variable Structure Control (VSC) with sliding mode, or
sliding mode control (SMC), is one of the effective

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nonlinear robust control approaches since it provides
system dynamics with an invariance property to
uncertainties once the system dynamics are controlled in
the sliding mode. The first step of SMC design is to select
a sliding surface that models the desired closed-loop
performance in state variable space. Then the control
should be designed such that system state trajectories are
forced toward the sliding surface and stay on it. The
system state trajectory in the period of time before
reaching the sliding surface is called the reaching phase.
Once the system trajectory reaches the sliding surface, it
stays on it and slides along it to the origin. The system
trajectory sliding along the sliding surface to the origin is
the sliding mode. The insensitivity of the control system to
the uncertainties exists in the sliding mode, but not during
the reaching phase. Thus the system dynamics in the
reaching phase is still influenced by uncertainties. The
idea of sliding mode is shown in figure 4 and 5.

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2. Total Sliding Mode

2.1 Need for Total Sliding Mode
The insensitivity of the controlled system to the
uncertainties exists in the sliding mode, but not during the
reaching phase. Thus the system dynamic in the reaching
phase is still influenced by unceratainities.That is, the
system robustness cant be maintained in the whole control
process. To overcome this problem, one effective way is
to speed up the period of reaching phase via the larger
control gain. To keep robustness in the whole slidingmode control system, several researches have focused on
eliminating the effect of the reaching phase. The common
drawback is the complicated design of a specific sliding
curve, and it may lead to heavy computation burden or
increase the switching frequency such that the system
responses are still subjected to system uncertainties.
Therefore, we go for a total sliding mode control, to get a
sliding motion through the entire state trajectory. Thus the
control system through the whole control process is not
influenced by system uncertainties.

2.2 Total Sliding Mode

Fig. 5. Idea of Sliding Mode

In variable structure control with Sliding mode, the system
structure is switched and the system state crosses the
predetermined hyper-plane, so that the system slides along
the reference trajectory. The resultant characteristic of the
system may become far different from those of the original
system and it has been known that the system becomes to
be immune to the parameter variations and disturbances.
In an ideal system, the switching frequency can be very
high and the state slides smoothly on the reference
trajectory. In real systems however, such as digital control
systems the switching rate should be limited. Accordingly
the system state chatters around the sliding line and the
limit cycle occurs even in the steady state.
SMC is robust with respect to matched internal and
external disturbances.SMC techniques are applicable to
any minimum phase systems with relative degree less than
the system order. The control algorithm is based on the
model of the motor in a frame rotating with stator current
vector, which is rarely used in the field oriented control.

In total sliding mode, no reaching phase exists in the

control process. Compared with the previous Variable
structure controlled system, this study has to
distinguishing features. First, the sliding surface is with an
additional integral term. It is emphasized that the proposed
use of an integral term is significantly different from
integral terms used by other researchers. In this study, no
boundary layer is being considered. The special integral
term is designed to eliminate the reaching phase, not to
reduce steady state error due to continuous control.
Secondly, the equivalent control dynamics in the sliding
mode is the second order dynamics. This feature makes it
easy to assign the system performance based on overshoot,
rise time and settling time specifications.

2.3 Designing of Total Sliding Mode Controller

The control system block diagram of an induction servo
motor drive with the implementation of field-oriented
control can be simplified as shown in Fig. 6.
2.1
2.2
2.3

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2.3.2 Curbing Controller Design

Fig.6. Simplified block diagram of an induction servomotor drive

The proposed total sliding mode control system is

depicted in Fig. 7. The presentation of total sliding-mode
control for the uncertain induction servomotor drive
system is divided into two main parts.
Base Line Model Design
Curbing Controller Design
The first part addresses performance design. The objective
is to specify the desired performance in terms of the
nominal model, and it is referred to as base line model
design.

In the curbing controller design an additional controller is

designed using a new sliding surface to ensure the sliding
motion through the entire state trajectory, which totally
eliminates the unpredictable perturbations effect from the
parameter variations and external load disturbances.
Therfore, in the total sliding-mode control system the
controlled system has a total sliding motion without a
reaching phase. The objectives of the curbing controller
are twofold. The first is to keep the controlled system
dynamics on the sliding surface. That is, curb the system
dynamics on to the sliding surface for all time. Thus it is
called a curbing controller. Accordingly, the second
objective is to guarantee that the closed loop perturbed
system has the same performance as the base line model
design.

3. Adaptive Siding Mode

3.1 Need for Adaptive Sliding Mode
The assumption of known uncertainty bounds is necessary
to design the proposed total sliding mode system. The
disadvantages of these structures are complex network
structure and inference mechanism. To overcome the
problems in the design of sliding mode controller, which
are the assumption of known uncertainty bounds and the
chattering phenomena in the controlled effort and to
simplify the controlled scheme, an adaptive sliding mode
control system is designed.

3.2 Adaptive Sliding Mode

Fig. 7. Block diagram of Total Sliding Mode Control

System

2.3.1 Baseline Model Design

In base line model design, two controllers are designed in
the control effort. The first controller which is a computed
toque controller is used to compensate for the nonlinear
effects and attempts to cancel the nonlinear terms in the
model. After the nonlinear model is linearized, the second
controller is used to specify the desired the system
performance. Moreover, the stability of the controlled
system may be destroyed. To ensure the system
performance as desired, despite the existence of the
uncertain system dynamics, a new sliding-mode controller
is proposed.

To overcome the problems in the design of a total sliding

mode controller, which have the assumption of known
uncertainty bounds and the chattering phenomena in the
control effort, an adaptive sliding mode control system is
developed for the rotor position control of the indirect
field oriented induction servo motor drive. First, a new
total sliding mode control system is introduced. In the
proposed total sliding mode control system, the upper
bounds of uncertainties are assumed to be known, and the
stability analysis is established in the Lyapunov sense.
Then a simple adaptive algorithm is utilized to adjust the
bound of uncertainties in real time. The major advantage
of sliding mode controller is its insensitivity to parameter
variations and eternal load disturbance once on the
switching surface. Although using conservative constant
control gain results in a simple implementation of the
sliding mode controller, it will yield unnecessary
deviations from the switching surface causing a large
amount of chattering. Therefore, an adaptive sliding mode
control system is proposed in which an adaptive algorithm
is used to estimate the upper bound of lumped uncertainty.

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3.3 Design of Adaptive Sliding Mode Control

The proposed adaptive sliding mode control system is
depicted in figure 8. Its design is similar to that of total
sliding mode controller. It also has a base line model and a
curbing controller blocks which perform the same action
as in the total sliding mode controller. Along with the two
blocks there is an additional adaptive algorithm block
which is used to estimate the upper bound of lumped
uncertainities.This algorithm gives a control gain that is
related to the magnitude of uncertainities required to keep
the trajectory on the sliding surface, by using an
adaptation gain. The algorithm adapts itself with the
variations in the parameters and the external load
disturbance and hence varies the control gain accordingly.

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4.1 Simulation using MATLAB

4.1.1 Simulation of Total Sliding Mode Controller

Fig. 9. Total Sliding Mode Control Design in SIMULINK

4.1.2 Simulation Results for Case 1

Fig.8. Block diagram of Adaptive Sliding Mode Control Scheme

4. Simulation Results
The parameters of the proposed control system are given
as Kv = 40, Kp = 400 , = 5, = 0.1 All the parameters in
the proposed control system are chosen to achieve the best
transient control performance in the simulation and also
considering the requirement of stability. It should be noted
that the fixed bound of lumped uncertainty can be
determined roughly owing to the limitation of control
effort, and to the possible perturbed range of parameter
variation and external load disturbance.
Three simulation cases including parameter variations and
including external load disturbance in the shaft due to
periodic sinusoidal command are addressed as follows:
Case 1: J = J*, B = B*, Tl = 0 Nm
Case 2 : J = J*, B = B*, Tl = 3 Nm
Case 3 : J = 3 x J*, B = 3 x B*, Tl = 0 Nm

Fig.10. Simulation Results showing Input, Output and Control Effort

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Fig. 11 Simulation Results showing Error and Sliding Surface

4.2.3 Simulation Results for Case 2

Fig. 12 Simulation Results showing Input, Output and Control Effort

Fig. 13. Simulation Results showing Error and Sliding Surface

4.2.4 Simulation Results for Case 3

Fig.14. Simulation Results showing Input, Output and Control Effort

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4.1.6 Simulation Results for Case 1

Fig. 17 Simulation Results showing Input, Output and Control Effort

Fig. 15. Simulation Results showing Error and Sliding Surface

4.1.5 Simulation
Controller

of

Adaptive

Sliding

Mode

Fig.16 Adaptive Sliding Mode Control Design in SIMULINK

Fig. 18. Simulation Results showing Error and Sliding Surface

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4.1.7 Simulation Results for Case 2

4.2.8 Simulation Results for Case 3

Fig. 19. Simulation Results showing Input, Output and Control Effort
Amplitude

Fig. 21. Simulation Results showing Input, Output and Control Effort

Fig. 20. Simulation Results showing Error and Sliding Surface

Fig. 22. Simulation Results showing Error and Sliding Surface

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4.2 Simulation using LABVIEW

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4.3.3 Simulation Results for Case 2

4.2.1 Simulation of Total Sliding Mode Controller

Fig.25. Simulation Results showing Input, Output, Control effort, Error

and Sliding surface

Fig 23. Total Sliding Mode Control Design in LABVIEW

4.3.4 Simulation Results for Case 3

4.2.2 Simulation Results for Case 1

Fig.26. Simulation Results showing Input, Output, Control effort, Error

and Sliding surface

Fig.24. Simulation Results showing Input, Output, Control effort, Error

and Sliding surface

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4.2.6 Simulation Results for Case 2

4.2.5 Simulation of Adaptive Sliding Mode
Controller

Fig 27. Adaptive Sliding Mode Control Design in LABVIEW

4.2.6 Simulation Results for Case 1

Fig.29. Simulation Results showing Input, Output, Control effort, Error

and Sliding surface

4.2.7 Simulation Results for Case 3

Fig.28. Simulation Results showing Input, Output, Control effort, Error

and Sliding surface
Fig. 30. Simulation Results showing Input, Output, Control effort, Error
and Sliding surface

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4.3 Comparison between the two Control Schemes

In the simulation, first the proposed total sliding mode
control system shown in the Figs. 16 and 27 is considered.
The responses of the rotor positions, the controlled effort,
the error and the sliding surface trajectory due to the
periodic sinusoidal command for case1, case2 and case3
are depicted in Figs.17-22 and 22-30. From the simulated
results, perfect tracking responses and robust
characteristics are obtained. Moreover, the total sliding
motions shown in Figs.15, 18 and 22 confirm the absence
of the reaching phase in the total sliding mode control
system. The proposed adaptive sliding mode control
system shown in Figs. 10 and 12 is now applied to control
the system for comparison with the total sliding mode
control system. The responses of the rotor position, the
control effort, the error and the sliding surface trajectory
due to the periodic sinusoidal command for case1, case2
and case3 are depicted in Figs. 23-28 and 29-30. From the
simulated results, perfect tracking responses and robust
characteristics are obtained for the adaptive sliding mode
control system. In addition, the control efforts of the
adaptive sliding-mode control system are smaller than that
of the total sliding-mode control system. Two conditions
of rotor inertia are tested here: One is the nominal inertia
and the other is the increasing of rotor inertia to
approximately three times the nominal value. Moreover,
the simulation results with a 3Nm step-load disturbance
occurring at five seconds are depicted in Figs 17, 18 and
29, 30.
From simulation results
The tracing errors converge quickly and the robust
control characteristics of the adaptive sliding mode control
system under the occurance of uncertainities are clearly
observed.
The control effort of the adaptive sliding mode control
system is smaller than that of the total sliding-mode
control system.
The error tries to become zero in the adaptive slidingmode control system whereas it is constant in total sliding
mode control system.
The sliding surface trajectory tries to reach the
equilibrium position in the adaptive sliding mode control
system whereas it linearly shifts from the equilibrium
position in the total sliding mode control system.

5.5 Results
A total Sliding mode control system which is insensitive
to uncertainties including parameter variations and
external disturbances in the whole control process was
designed. An adaptive sliding mode control system which
adjusts the bound of uncertainties in real time in the
control effort using a simple adaptive algorithm was

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designed. Both the control schemes for a given induction

motor were simulated using MATLAB and LABVIEW.

5. Conclusion
The position of a field oriented induction servomotor drive
for a given reference input signal was controlled using the
total Sliding-Mode Control Schemes and Adaptive Sliding
Mode Control Scheme and by comparing the two, it is
concluded that the adaptive sliding mode control scheme is
more robust and efficient.

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R.Saravanakumar received his B.E.

Degree in Electrical and Electronics
Engineering from Thiyagarajar College of
Engineering , Madurai, Tamilnadu India
in 1996.He obtained M.E., in Power
Electronics and Drives from College of
Engineering Guindy ,Tamilnadu ,India in
1998.Since 1999,He is with the Vellore
Institute of Technology (VIT)University Tamilnadu ,India working in
the School of Electrical Science. Presently he is working as a research
scholar for PhD degree in the School of Electrical Science at the VIT
University. His present research interests are Condition Monitoring of
Industrial Drives, Modeling and simulation of Electrical system,
Special machines, Application of Soft computing Technique.

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K.Vinoth Kumar is a member of

IEEE. He is received his B.E. Degree in
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
from Anna University , Chennai,
Tamilnadu India in 2006.He obtained
M.Tech., in Power Electronics and Drives
from
VIT
University,
Vellore ,Tamilnadu ,India in 2008. Now
he is with the Karunya University
Coimbatore, India working in the School
of Electrical science. His present research interests are Condition
Monitoring of Industrial Drives, Modeling and simulation of Electrical
system, Special machines, Neural Networks and fuzzy logic.

K.K.Ray received his B.E. Degree in

Electrical Engineering from Jabalpur
University, Calcutta India in 1967.He
obtained M.Tech from Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur, Kanpur ,India ,in
1977. From 1967 to 2002, Dr Ray was
with the Indian School of Mines
University, Dhanbad (Jharkhand), India
working
in
the
Department
of
Engineering and Mining . He received his
PhD degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New
Delhi,India in 1991. Since 2003 he is with the School of Electrical
sciences, VIT University Tamilnadu, India. His present research
interests are Power Electronics and Drives, Instrumentation and
machines, Reactive Power Compensation, Switchgear Protection.